Baba Yaga
deity forest Slavic folklore single tradition · 4
The text lists Baba Yaga as a shapeshifter.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- Historical notes
- Sometimes appears as three beings who help heroes; lives in a house on chicken's legs.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Changeling, Doppelgänger, Empousa, Huay Chivo, Nahual, Kelpie, Moura Encantada, Mangkukulam, Nixie, Saci, Tengu, Verechelen, Yokai, Yogoe, Night Hag, Peg Powler, Grindylow, Jenny Greenteeth, Nelly Longarms, The Cailleachan, Atropos, Kurozuka, demons, Ala, jinn, Monkey King, Aswang, Banshee, Yaksha, Yaoguai, Tiyanak, Rakshasa, Lamia, Māui, Brigid, Cailleach, Mara
Mentioned by
- demons
- Ala
- jinn
- Monkey King
- Aswang
- Banshee
- Yaksha
- Yaoguai
- Tiyanak
- Rakshasa
- Lamia
- Māui
- Brigid
- Cailleach
- Mara
- Firebird
and 1 more
Sources
wikipedia (4)
Source passages
“Baba Yaga”
#5307 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“There is a large number of Russian fairy-tale and fantasy films where Baba Yaga features as a prominent secondary character, either a villain or a helper. In a number of them Baba Yaga is among the main characters. Actor Georgy Millyar created a vivid image of Baba Yaga in a number of Soviet films”
#5855 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In Slavic folklore, Baba Yaga was a hag who lived in the woods in a house on chicken's legs. She would often ride through the forest on a mortar, sweeping away her tracks with a broom.”
#6561 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Baba Yaga, a similar character from Slavic folklore”
#8827 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5